Eugenia Abu (born Eugenia Jummai Amodu on 19 October 1962) is a Nigerian broadcast journalist, writer, poet and media consultant, best known as a former news anchor and correspondent for the

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NTA. Eugenia Abu is considered one of Nigeria's finest broadcasters and commères. She anchored the 9:00 pm news on NTA for seventeen years.

Early life and education

Abu was born in Kaduna in 1962. She started writing at the age of 7. She describes her parents as one of the greatest influences in her life. She attended ABU Staff School, Zaria and Queen Amina College, Kaduna for her primary and secondary schools respectively. Eugenia Abu studied English at the

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Zaria, where she graduated in 1981. Eugenia obtained a master's degree in communication policy studies from the

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in 1992, graduating with a distinction. She also possesses a Graduate Certificate in Education from A.B.U Zaria (1981). While a student in ABU, she was the acting editor of the English literary magazine, Kuka, in 1982, and she also ran for the post of the Vice President of the Students' Union Government (SUG). She is an alumna of the

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and a USIS fellow. Eugenia Abu established the Eugenia Abu Media Center, a reading and mentorship hub for young Nigeria Creatives, in 2018. The center hosts an annual creative and literary boot camps for children between the ages of 7–15 years.

Writing and poetry

Abu is a writer and poet. Her book ''In the Blink of an Eye'' won the ANA/NDDC Flora Nwapa Prize for best female writing in 2008. She is also the author of ''Don’t look at me like that'', a poetry collection.

References

External links

› Eugenia Abu Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abu, Eugenia Living people Nigerian reporters and correspondents Nigerian broadcasters Nigerian women journalists 1962 births People from Zaria Alumni of the University of London Ahmadu Bello University alumni